Saturday, August 02, 2025

Pop Music From Singapore 80's: 'Bloom Fund' Charity Drive For Retired Local Artistes: By Fabian Foo

From left, with TRCL CEO Colin Goh, Andy,
Fabian Foo [Author] and Richard Tham.

The 'Rice Company Limited' organised a Charity Drive
in support of retired local artistes.
'Don't Write Us Off Concert'
Blu Jaz, Eu Tong Sen Street.
The Central Clark Quay
Singapore

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Hi Andy,

It was great that we managed to catch up yesterday with each other after such a long time. The meetup was fruitful as we got to attend a charity gig at Blu Jaz Club on 31st July 2025, where we enjoyed an evening of nostalgic music from our local talents.

It was so meaningful for many of our local entertainers putting their musical talents for a worthy cause, The Bloom Fund.

Let us hope that more charity drives for the music society will continue in the near future.

Fabian Foo
Author/Videographer.

Andy, Fabian [Author/Videographer], Colin [CEO], Richard.


With Richard Tham and John Klass.


Musician Clarence Tan, 
Singer Jimmy Yap, Andy, Fabian Foo


Stephen Francis, the man who organised the show and was
MC too, with good friend and recording artiste Irene Yap.

Clement Chow with his spectacular jacket and tie.
"There you are Clement, you're on my blog."

With good friend John Klass: DJ, singer, musician
and all-round entertainer, formerly from Gold 90.5 FM,
MediaCorp. 


Cedric Cork [Vietnam War active musician]
With DJ Larry Lai [Vintage RadioSG]

Singer Maia [from Irene Yap's FB page]


Sound Engineer Tony Teo, no sound, no show!
Actually, the most important man for the two nights.


Bellingham [from Irene Yap's FB page].

Jive Talkin' [from Stephen Francis' FB page]

Stephen Francis: Organiser and Musician.
YouTube Video by: Foo Jong Fook.


John Klass singing 'Footloose'
at Blu Jaz Club 31st July 2025 
YouTube Video by Foo Jong Fook.


Jive Talking: Fantastic Singapore Group at 
Blu Jaz Clark Quay 31st July, 2025.
YouTube Video by Foo Jong Fook.

Author/Videographer.
Fabian Foo Jong Fook with Mrs. Foo


Thanking the folks below for their part in this Charity Drive'
It was truly the local Pop Singapore Concert for this 2025 year!

Stephen Pianist/Singer
Anthony Kwah on Keyboards
Jimmy Lee on Drums
Din Safari on Bass
Sebastian Ho on guitar
Regi Leo on guitar

Emcees for 2 nights- Chris Henson & Rob Collins

31st July: - Bellingham Band
31st- Jive Talkin' Band
31st- John Klass
31- Speedway (5 member band)
31st- Rozie Rahim
31st - Robert Fernando
31st- Clement Chow
31st- Shawn De Mello

1st August - Stephen Francis
1st - Maia Lee
1st - Jenny Vie
1st - Alia D’melda
1st - Jylian Khoo
1st - Dominic Wong
1st- Skye Sirena
1st- Jason Chung
1st- Rob Collins

DJs:
Dj Vijay
Dj Martin

Sound engineer- Tony Teo.

More videos and photos coming in. Check this blog everyday!
Not everyone can be featured though! 😸
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23 comments:

  1. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Stephen Pianist/Singer
    Anthony Kwah on Keyboards
    Jimmy Lee on Drums
    Din Safari on Bass
    Sebastian Ho on guitar
    Regi Leo on guitar

    Emcees for 2 nights- Chris Henson & Rob Collins

    31st - Bellingham
    31st- Jive talkin
    31st- John Klass
    31- Speedway(5 member band)
    31st- Rozie Rahim
    31st - Robert Fernando
    31st- Clement Chow
    31st- Shawn De Mello

    1st - Stephen Francis
    1st - Maia Lee
    1st - Jenny Vie
    1st - Alia D’melda
    1st - Jylian Khoo
    1st - Dominic Wong
    1st- Skye Sirena
    1st- Jason Chung
    1st- Rob Collins

    DJs:
    Dj Vijay
    Dj Martin

    Sound engineer- Tony Teo

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  2. IRENE YAP2.8.25

    Andy, that's wonderful. My good friends performed last night. 3 powerhouse females.

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  3. STEPHEN FRANCIS2.8.25

    Oh nice, thank you. Let me look.

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  4. IVOR LESSLAR2.8.25

    Wah! Good friends supporting great band of musicians.

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  5. RICHARD THAM2.8.25

    Andy, thanks. Great article and well written. I will share it with my friends.

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  6. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Thanking IVOR LESSLAR, RICHARD THAM, STEPHEN FRANCIS and IRENE YAP for the comments and support.

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  7. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Thanks JOHN KLASS for being the first to visit this site. 🙂 and LOVING ❤ it

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  8. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Hi JAMES KWOK, thanks for always LIKING the blog posts

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  9. FREDA HANUM [KL]2.8.25

    Freda Hanum
    Such amazing show, nice to see this in your blog Andy 👍👍👍

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  10. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Andy Young
    Freda Hanum thank you. It was fun with many friends around too!

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  11. JOHN KLASS [DJ, SINGER]2.8.25

    John Klass
    After speaking and doing a duet with you on-air, I was very happy to have finally met you Andy 😊🥂

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  12. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Andy Young
    John Klass thanks! Greatly honoured. I went close to the stage that first evening and sat where Irene, her husband Freddy and Stephen Francis were. It was blazing hot when you really went 'Footloose'. And the climax was... Ooh better than Kenny Loggins!

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  13. DAISY KOH2.8.25

    Koh Daisy
    Wow … very nice … could have gone down to support a good cause . Didn’t know about the event.

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  14. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Andy Young
    Thank you. Yes, it was widely publicised on Facebook too.

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  15. Anonymous2.8.25

    Awesome!! Thank you Andy for putting this up and supporting The Bloom Fund.

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  16. JOHN KLASS2.8.25

    Was very happy to catch up with you Andy! Nice coverage of the evening 😊 Hope to see you again soon.

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  17. YEN CHOW2.8.25

    Wow wow wonderful gathering and meaningful cause. Cheers, Yen

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  18. CHIT CHAT2.8.25

    It's wonderful to hear that there is still support for the old time musical performers. It's indeed a note worthy charity. 👏👏👍👍 Yan

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  19. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Andy Young
    Thanks COLIN REN for visiting. You missed a good show.

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  20. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©2.8.25

    Again many thanks guys for the comments and accolades. Hope to meet you all again soon, especially those who were not at the show. And JOHN KLASS, next time it's a toast together!

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  21. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©3.8.25

    John Klass
    Colin Ren
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    Martin Ong
    Patrick Teng
    Freda Hanum
    Yen Chow
    Francis Anthony Rozells
    Raymond Cho
    Stephen Francis
    Andy Young
    Alphonso Soosay
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    Hiroshi Deguchi
    Koh Daisy
    Roop Singh
    Rose Khoo
    John Cher
    Foo Jong Fook
    James Kwok
    Fred Li
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    Bella Tan
    Yvonne Marie Lesslar-Pereira
    Colin Goh
    Adeline Pang SH

    Thanks to the above folks who LIKE and LOVE 🥰this post. And welcome to the club YVONNE MARIE LESSLAR-PEREIRA and Mr. CEO himself, COLIN. FRED LI, BELLA TAN, GRACIE MARY, MARTIN ONG, welcome to this music club...

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  22. IRENE YAP'S POST3.8.25

    What a terrific evening at the 'Don't write us off' concert. Yesterday's show was fantastic but tonight it's out of this world. One of the best! Kudos to the musicians and singers. A special shout out to the 3 divas. Skye, Alia and Jennie! My beautiful darlings! Stephen and his team of fabulous musicians, Regi, Antony, Jimmy, Din and Sebastian. Not forgetting Rob! What a blast!

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  23. JIMMY CHNG3.8.25

    Have circulated to my other groups. It's a really good charity drive initiative by RCL!

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